Their first suggestion, "Use a system to manage paper," looks like a pretty straightforward implementation of David Allen's Getting Things Done filing system, so if you're looking for a GTD refresher (or maybe introduction), you might want to give it a look. The paper management tip is the meat of the post, but 9 other fairly useful tips follow.

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